2013

As Tall As Lions Share Trailer for Farewell DVD

As previously announced, indie rock group As Tall As Lions will be releasing their farewell documentary on Christmas. With only three days left until that date, they’ve shared a trailer for the DVD which you can watch below (and get all teary-eyed over their departure). Back in September of 2010, the Long Island band announced that they […]

Watch Chance The Rapper Make U.S. TV Debut on ‘The Arsenio Hall Show’

If you haven’t been listening to Chance The Rapper this year, chances are you know who he is regardless. Acid Rap was one of the top free mixtapes of 2013 and probably the most talked about. Finally, at the end of 2013, Chance has gone and made his debut on U.S. TV by showing up on The Arsenio […]

Success Continues For ‘The Hobbit’ This Pre-Christmas Weekend

Despite the debut of so many other heavyweights this weekend, including the highly anticipated Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, studio estimates are showing that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will come out as the highest grossing film. The movie, which made its original US release last weekend with over 70 million in sales, saw some […]

LIVE REVIEW: Brand New @ The Paramount

When Brand New announced, out of nowhere, that they would be playing all of their discography at four shows–two on the west coast and a two on the east–fans flipped out exactly how you would expect them to. The internet exploded, the tickets sold out in minutes, and most everyone was half furious, half depressed […]

Kanye West Calls Anti-Semitism Accusation Comments “An Ignorant Compliment”

After words said in a radio interview, Kanye West was accused of anti-Semitism by the Anti-Defamation League. In the interview, Kanye said “Black people don’t have the same level of connections as Jewish people,” which is, as the Anti-Defamation League rightfully said, “classic anti-Semitism” about “the age-old canard that Jews are all-powerful and control the levers […]

Watch Chance the Rapper Get Interviewed on Nardwuar

Chance the Rapper is the next to join the long line of people interviewed by Nardwuar, and the list of gifts he gets is pretty surprising. It wasn’t until this year that I found out about these interviews, and they’re a  treasure trove of information. That man you see in the plaid golf hat and […]

Rick Ross Debuts “The Devil Is A Lie” Featuring Jay Z

Maybach Music Group CEO Rick Ross may have pushed his long-awaited new album Mastermind back to 2014, but he’s still looking out for fans with the unannounced release of his Jay Z collaborative single, “The Devil Is A Lie.” Teased since October, “The Devil Is A Lie” pairs two of hip-hop’s finest against a hard-hitting […]

The First XBOX-Exclusive Film is a Documentary About Atari and ‘E.T.: The Video Game’

We’ve been hearing some exciting rumors regarding what will come out of the XBOX Live platform as programmed by Microsoft (like Steven Spielberg being involved with the Halo series). But now we have an official announcement from the company about their first exclusive content: a documentary about Atari’s E.T.: The Video Game. Get your hardhat on, […]

Pussy Riot Members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Freed From Prison

Finally, almost two years since their arrest, Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have been freed from prison. During a news conference on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir confirmed their release. Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova have been freed three months early thanks to the new amnesty law Russian legislators have adopted, providing that prisoners “who haven’t […]

Watch Arcade Fire Awkwardly Sing “Little Drummer Boy” on ‘Between Two Ferns’

Christmas is less than a week away, and Zach Galifanakas had a special treat in mind on his latest episode of Between Two Ferns. In the middle of a conversation with Samuel L. Jackson and Tobey Maguire, Galifanakas cuts away to Canada’s Arcade Fire dressed up in red and white to sing an awkward rendition of “Little […]

Angel Haze Bumps ‘Dirty Gold’ Release Date to December 30

Just yesterday, Detroit rapper Angel Haze leaked her debut album, Dirty Gold, before it was taken down 30 minutes after. That short “release,” which meant the album was shared 3 months before its due date, bumped up the release date to December 30. “My labels didn’t think that I would do it, but I did,” Haze tweeted. […]

Sundance Adds Zach Braff’s Kickstarter Movie and Gives ‘Clerks’ a 20th Anniversary Screening

Zach Braff, otherwise known as that one guy who made that indie film the the good soundtrack (just kidding, let’s not forget Scrubs), started a Kickstarter to support his first feature film since Garden State titled Wish You Were Here. Turns out the latter will be screening at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival along with numerous other big names. This […]